The top of Dunning Mountain has long been blown away in the strip mining of coal in the mountain. The side of the mountain was cut into to build a dual carriageway for what is now Interstate 99 decades later.
Sunday October 13, 2019 — Washington Square
Maybe that means we can stick a fork in the leaves 🍴 at least for the higher elevations, although it’s still be pretty green down here in city. I am going to probably stay in town to volunteer on some local political campaigns, and spend some time reading. Sunday I’ll probably do a short, local hike and maybe go out to the parents house for Sunday dinner.
It would have been a nice week to have gone to West Virginia, 🍂 but I kind of messed up the amount of time it would take to get my truck aligned and new tires. But with gas prices so high, and that fact I’ve been to West Virginia so many times before, I don’t think it’s a big loss. I could still go later in the month, but over the past few days, I’ve been thinking less and less of that. I did have a nice Columbus Day Weekend though down in the Catskills, camping down at Betty Brook. No crying over spilled milk, West Virginia will be around for another year.
I might still go to Pennsylvania or the Finger Lakes come November, 🦃 but nothing is set on stone on that either. A lot depends on my schedule, and how things go getting my truck fixed up. She’s becoming an old gal, but I need to make at least some repairs so it passes inspection in November and I can continue to travel and explore.
| Today. Feels like … September 21st. |
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Areas of dense fog before 11am. Otherwise, partly sunny. Light south wind.
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72 degrees | 62 max dew point | 6:16 sunset |
| Tonight. Feels like … August 30th. |
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Patchy fog between 2am and 3am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy. Calm wind.
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58 degrees | 7:07 sunrise |
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| Thursday. Feels like … September 19th. |
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Partly sunny. Calm wind becoming northwest around 6 mph in the afternoon.
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73 degrees | 62 max dew point | 6:14 sunset |
| Thursday Night. Feels like … September 3rd. |
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Mostly cloudy. Calm wind.
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57 degrees | 7:08 sunrise |
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| Friday. Feels like … September 17th. |
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Partly sunny. Light south wind.
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74 degrees | 63 max dew point | 6:12 sunset |
| Friday Night. Feels like … August 13th. |
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A chance of showers, mainly after 2am. Mostly cloudy. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
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61 degrees | 63 max dew point | 7:09 sunrise |
| Saturday. Feels like … September 19th. |
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Showers, mainly after 8am. High near 73. Chance of precipitation is 90%.
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73 degrees | 64 max dew point | 6:11 sunset |
| Saturday Night. Feels like … September 24th. |
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Showers, mainly before 8pm. Low around 49. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
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49 degrees | 7:11 sunrise |
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| Sunday. Feels like … October 14th. |
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Mostly sunny.
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62 degrees | 45 max dew point | 6:09 sunset |
| Sunday Night. Feels like … October 1st. |
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Mostly cloudy.
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46 degrees | 7:12 sunrise |
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| Monday. Feels like … October 19th. |
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Mostly sunny.
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60 degrees | 6:07 sunset |
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| Monday Night. Feels like … October 7th. |
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Partly cloudy.
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44 degrees | 7:13 sunrise |
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| Tuesday. Feels like … October 12th. |
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Mostly sunny.
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63 degrees | 47 max dew point | 6:06 sunset |
Mostly cloudy and 59 degrees at the Washington Square. ☁ Calm wind. The dew point is 54 degrees. The skies will clear around 10 am. 😎 I found a parking space, it was pretty easy, as Wednesday is street cleaning day until 7 AM on the street where I like to park downtown.
This morning I drove in, 🛻 something that is very uncommon for me to do — I haven’t drove my truck downtown since 2019, well except maybe once or twice for a late night in evening at work. But I found a parking spot where I normally park, 🅿️ when I drive to work. I usually just find it easier when I’m heading out of town to camp to just catch the bus home and either leave from there or leave the next morning.
I am going to drop my truck off at the shop this afternoon, 👩🔧 as they said they need it in by 7 AM on Thursday. I originally thought I was supposed to have it on Wednesday, but I got confused until I looked at my notes. That’s good as I didn’t want to have to get up really early this morning. I am anxious as heck about the whole thing, 🔧 as I know it’s going to cost money and I’m sure they’ll find broken shit, but I need to have those wheels good and straight before I put the big bucks into the new tires. ⚫
Have you seen how much gas prices have gone up lately? ⛽ I thought it was bad last weekend at $3.33 a gallon, but I noticed today that Cumbies in Glenmont is up to $3.45 a gallon. Ouch. Maybe I should think eventually about getting an electric car. I was pleasantly surprised to see that they have electric car charging in Hobart when I was there over the weekend. 🔌 Electric cars are a future, despite the critics. Not just because of pollution concerns — but because electricity is a much more diversified and flexible fuel. You can burn almost anything to make electricity or get it from splitting atoms, burning garbage or pig shit, wind and solar, hydro-electric.
Probably have to move somewhere though that has electric car charging. 🚘 I am surprised none of CDTA park and ride lots yet have electric charging. DC fast charging on Thruway I’ve been told. I am committed to Big Red for a few more years, especially if I replace the tires but I really like the idea of having a much cheaper and flexible source of fuel for driving, and not having to park and drive some big massive haulking vehicle everywhere I go.
Good afternoon! Cloudy, damp with rain showers around and 55 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☔ There is a southeast breeze at 13 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 49 degrees. Temperatures will drop below freezing at Monday around 3 am. ☃️
As I had pretty much planned since mid week I’m back home from my two nights in the Adirondacks. ⛺ Yes I can camp in the pouring rain, I have tarps the heater and could build a big fire but do I really want to? I would have stayed north had things cleared out tomorrow but it looks like most of the day tomorrow in the Adirondacks will be bitterly cold with the wind and damp ground with very little sun expected.💦 Rather than be crouched over a propane heater, spending the day adjusting a tarp to avoid leaks and dumping off the accumulated puddle of rain, I figure it best to come home and get unpacked 🏡. Yesterday was a great day, and I got two nights camping so that was a good time.
This afternoon will rain with possibly a thunderstorm between 1pm and 5pm, then a chance of rain and thunderstorms after 5pm. Cloudy 🌧, with a high of 60 degrees at 5pm. Three degrees below normal, which is similiar to a typical day around April 19th. Maximum dew point of 51 at 2pm. Southeast wind around 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. A year ago, we had cloudy in the morning, which became partly cloudy by afternoon. The high last year was 56 degrees. The record high of 90 was set in 1990. .3 inches of snow fell back in 1993.❄
The sun will set at 7:50 pm with dusk around 8:20 pm, which is one minute and 8 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and thunderstorms 🌩 and temperatures around 59 degrees. The dew point will be 51 degrees. There will be a southeast breeze at 13 mph. Today will have 13 hours and 54 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 36 seconds over yesterday.
Tonight will have showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 2am, then a chance of showers. 🌧 Low of 48 degrees at 6am. Six degrees above normal, which is similiar to a typical night around May 15th. Southeast wind 6 to 13 mph becoming southwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. In 2018, we had mostly clear in the evening, which became light rain by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 36 degrees. The record low of 26 occurred back in 1963.
It wasn’t a bad few days up north but this morning was unnecessarily wet for me as I didn’t take apart camp last night 🌃 before bed like I had planned. Not a big deal the only thing really wet was the flags and the bungee cords. They’re hanging up at home drying out now. Last night was pretty good, I made some pizza 🍕 up then had a fairly reasonable sized fire from the wood I chopped. The axe makes for much easier firewood 🌲processing. Solar worked okay but not great as there was too much shading in the campsite. If it had been a little warmer and the road was drier I would have camped back at the Fox Lair campsite especially now that I know there is fairly decent cell service there 📶 probably from Gore Mountain. It’s nice being able to check the weather and the news with the phone. 📱 I’ll have to keep that campsite in mind come later in the summer.
The cellphone holder 📱 I got from China continues to work quite well. It holds the phone very firmly no worries about it bouncing loose on the rough roads. I don’t touch my phone while driving but I like having WAZE and the bell 🔔 that rings when you reach the speed limit. With cruise control working perfectly again on my truck, as soon as I hear the bell I hit the cruise control button and I don’t have to worry about speeding. I really like cruise control especially in the reduced speed zones. 🚙
As previously noted, there are 3 weeks until Pack Rat Day 🐀 when the sun will be setting at 8:13 pm with dusk at 8:45 pm. On that day in 2018, we had mostly cloudy skies and temperatures between 80 and 59 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 70 degrees. We hit a record high of 92 back in 2017.
Good morning! What day is it? Get-Away Hump Day, of course. Heading up North for probably two days camping once work is done today. Next Wednesday is May 🕊. Mostly cloudy and 52 degrees in Albany. ☁ Breezy, ️18 mph breeze from the west 🌬 with gusts up to 30 mph 💨💨💨. The skies will clear around 8 pm.
Today will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a high of 58 degrees at 4pm. Four degrees below normal, which is similiar to a typical day around April 15th. Breezy, with a west wind 18 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny in the morning, which became partly cloudy by afternoon. The high last year was 70 degrees. The record high of 81 was set in 2001. 1.2 inches of snow fell back in 1967.❄
The sun will set at 7:47 pm with dusk around 8:17 pm, which is one minute and 8 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for partly cloudy skies 🌃 and temperatures around 54 degrees. Breezy, 17 mph breeze ⛅ from the west-northwest with gusts up to 28mph. Today will have 13 hours and 49 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 38 seconds over yesterday.
So I am packed and planning to leave for the Adirondacks after work today. ⛰ Tomorrow looks absolutely beautiful, not so much so for Friday. But I’ll take a what I can get. The forecast earlier in the week looked quite nice, but it has slipped down hill.
Tonight will be mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear ☁, with a low of 39 degrees at 5am. Two degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 21st. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming light west after midnight. Going to be fairly cool, especially up north, but I have my heater with me if I need to warm up in the morning. But definitely warmer then camping in the Finger Lakes last December. In 2018, we had cloudy in the evening, which became light rain by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 49 degrees. The record low of 23 occurred back in 1965.
Tomorrow will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 68 degrees at 4pm. Five degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around May 10th. Light and variable wind becoming west around 5 mph in the afternoon. A year ago, we had mostly sunny in the morning, which became partly cloudy by afternoon. The high last year was 57 degrees. The record high of 89 was set in 2009. .3 inches of snow fell back in 1928.❄
I think I will have a great day hiking and camping tomorrow, plus two nights camping, 🏕 maybe do some plinking with the .22 tomorrow around camp, followed by fishing on Friday. Maybe spend some time around camp reading, listening to music and just relaxing. As turkey season 🦃 ain’t open for another week, I should have the wilderness all to my own, bar maybe one of the forest rangers stopping in to say hi tomorrow, if I’m still at camp and not hiking at that point.
I am thinking about coming home on Friday morning, 🏠if it’s going to be as wet as they say. I have certainly spent a lot of nights in the wilderness when we’ve gotten in an inch of rain, and I would be willing to stay through the weekend, if it wasn’t expected to be so cold and generally not that great on Saturday. I have the heater and tarps, but I don’t want to be curled up next to the heater all day Friday, dealing with tarps that are getting saturated and dripping.☔ I’ve just spent too many very wet days camping, and it’s fun but not that much fun, especially in the spring.
But still, it’s nice to get away for a few days. I have Friday off from work, so I can take things down and take a nice easy drive back. If it’s not raining too hard, I’ll do some fishing. Saturday, I might do a hike locally, maybe I’ll drive out somewhere or maybe just walk to Five Rivers for more nature study. 🐦 I don’t know, with the breeze and dampness it’s going to be cold on Saturday, even if it’s sunny. After an inch of rain everything is going to be all mud. I bought some inexpensive farm boots yesterday, but I still don’t want to be in really sticky nasty mud if I can avoid it. I really have enough clothes and food for four days in the wilderness, but I doubt will be up there the whole time.🔊
As previously noted, next Wednesday is May 🕊 when the sun will be setting at 7:55 pm with dusk at 8:26 pm. On that day in 2018, we had partly cloudy, rain showers and temperatures between 74 and 43 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 65 degrees. We hit a record high of 86 back in 2001.
In four weeks on May 22 the sun will be setting at 8:17 pm,🌄 which is 30 minutes and 13 seconds later then today. In 2018 on that day, we had rain showers, partly cloudy and temperatures between 63 and 55 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 71 and 49 degrees. The record high of 97 degrees was set back in 1911.
Looking ahead, May 🕊 is in 1 weeks, Memorial Day Weekend Starts 🏕️ is a month away, 8:30 PM Sunset ️⛱️ is in 6 weeks, Latest Sunset 🌆 is in 2 months, Primary Day 🗳️ is in 9 weeks, Altamont Fair Opens 🎡 is in 16 weeks, State Fair Opens 🎡 is in 17 weeks, Average High Falls To 79 ️Degrees ⛱️️️ is in 4 months, September 11th 🇸 is in 20 weeks, More Night then Day 🌌 is in 22 weeks and Inauguration Day 2021 👴🏻 is in 91 weeks.
